If we let them go, they won't stay away, they'll find men to ride with them and they'll be back.

If the bluff failed and they ran into trouble, Brannon had told the others, they would withdraw -- and he would come after his son another time.

If the other pilots were worried, they did not show it.

If any of us miss, they can pick up the pieces.

If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied on what to do, and now I understand why they are classics ; ;

If his dancers are sometimes made to look as if they might be creatures from Mars, this is consistent with his intention of placing them in the orbit of another world, a world in which they are freed of their pedestrian identities.

If they avoid the use of the pungent, outlawed four-letter word it is because it is taboo ; ;

If these people were denied a voice ( do they have a moral right to a voice??

If any had escaped expulsion by hiding, they certainly would not frequent the market-place.

If we examine the three types of change from the point of view of their internal structure we find an additional profound difference between the third and the first two, one that accounts for the notable difference between the responses they evoke.

Defoe then commented, `` If they Could Draw that young Gentleman into Their Measures They would show themselves quickly, for they are not asham'd to Say They want only a head to Make a beginning ''.

If his scholarship and formal musicianship were not all they might have been, Mercer demonstrated at an early age that he was gifted with a remarkable ear for rhythm and dialect.

If they are right, they will prevail of and by themselves.

If the hardships of the winter at Valley Forge were trying for healthy men, they were, of course, much more so for those not in good health.

If, the editors sometimes, dozed and printed pretentious, New, York-mind, dross, they, also printed, Malraux,, Silone,, Chiaromonte,, Gide, Bellow,, Robert Lowell, Francis Fergusson, Mary McCarthy, Delmore Schwartz, Mailer, Elizabeth Hardwick, Eleanor Clark,, and a host of, other good writers.

`` If once they become inattentive to the public affairs '', Jefferson said, `` you and I, and Congress and assemblies, judges and governors, shall all become wolves ''.

If they give him advice when he asks it, or if they perform specified duties under his direction, the nature of the U. N. will not of necessity change.

If they do as well as they did in 1960 there can be no complaint.

If they do meet and recognize one another, slap backs and embrace, the moment soon is done.

`` If I catch you one more time down here without stockings '' --

If a player is one point away from winning a match, that player's opponent will always want to double as early as possible in order to catch up.

* If the offence fumbles ( a ball carrier drops the football, or has it dislodged by an opponent, or if the intended player fails to catch a lateral pass or a snap from centre, or a kick attempt is blocked by an opponent ), the ball may be recovered ( and advanced ) by either team.

If the depletion layer is large enough to catch the whole shower or to stop a heavy particle, a fairly accurate measurement of the particle ’ s energy can be made, simply by measuring the charge conducted and without the complexity of a magnetic spectrometer, etc.

If no player is able to legally catch the ball it is an incomplete pass and the ball becomes dead the moment it touches the ground.

If any player interferes with an eligible receiver's ability to catch the ball it is pass interference which draws a penalty of varying degree ( largely depending upon the particular league's rules ).

If something becomes available rather earlier than usual, the first crop or early catch is called hashiri.

If you catch your enemy by the jugular vein he would react with full force ....

If God made me — the fabled God of the three qualities of which I spoke: mercy, kindness, love — He also made the fish I catch and eat.

If the catch is achieved, then the successful pursuer is declared the winner.

) If one is behind but capable, one will still be able to catch up.

If teams are ranked according to points scored, however, a team that knows it cannot hope to catch up to the winning team might favour quickly catching the Snitch ( also ending the game ) so as to end the game before any more points are scored and hence reduce the lead in point difference obtained by the winning team, so that it is easier to win them back in subsequent matches.

If a bowler, usually a leg spin bowler, decides to attack the batsman's legs in an attempt to force a stumping, bowl him behind his legs, or induce a catch on the leg side, the field may stack 4-5 towards the leg side.

If someone is " fishing " for information, we do not imagine that the person is anywhere near the ocean ; rather, we transpose elements of the action of fishing ( waiting, hoping to catch something that cannot be seen, probing ) into a new domain ( a conversation ).

If the pitcher were to move at an angle but with the same speed, the variation of the frequency at which the receiver would catch the ball would be less as the distance between the two would change more slowly.

If the runner remains on the base until the ball is touched, or returns to the base after the catch but before the defense can put him out, he is said to tag up and may attempt to advance to the next base at his own risk.

If the first syllable is high then the meaning changes to ' the little one catches ' ( third person singular present tense Class VI ka-of-baka ' to catch ').

If the rainwater overflows the graduated inner cylinder, the larger outer container will catch it.

If the throw is within the scoring area and the receiving team fails to catch, or catches but drops the disc, the throwing team gets a point.

If both ends of the shaft are held, the shaft can be used to ward off blows and the handle can be used as a hook to catch the opponent's weapons.

If, due to the car's motion, the track is ' escaping ' to one's left, a left-going saccade will try to ' catch up ' with the track's motion.

If a player were running to catch the ball, what more natural than that he should continue his run after the catch ( despite the need to dig in his heel )?

If the kindling does not catch fire, the fire-builder must gather more tinder, determine what went wrong and try to fix it.